1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1926)

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34 TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION "1000 and One" TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION GROUP 128 Air ***The Great Flight (1) Atlantic flight of navy planes in 1919. (147) Air Transportation Service — Cleveland (1) Trip of Ford Airplane from Dearborn to Cleveland with complete Ford car. (58) Air Transportation Service — Chicago (1) Initial trip of the Ford Airplane from Dearborn to Chicago with a load of Ford parts. (58) ***The Amundsen Polar Flight (3) Thrilling record of the first attempt ever made to reach North Pole by aeroplane. (XV) Flight of N. C. 4 (1) Story 'of the first Atlantic Aerial crossing from America to Spain. (151) New York to London by Air (Y2) Describing famous overseas flight of dirigible R-34; views of mooring towers, ship's interior, gang-plank, etc. (22) Wings of Progress (1) E. B. Ford Commercial Airplane reliability tour, 1925. <58) (See also Groups 35, 40, 58, 134) GROUP 129 Autos Fording the Lincoln Highway (2) With the 10,000,000th Ford car from New York to 'Frisco. (58) The Fordson — Transportation (1) The Fordson helping factorv transportation. (58) ***My Pal (1) Automobile race across one of the most dangerous passes in the Rockies. Entertainment subject subtly advertising Cleveland Six. (XXX, 14) The Snowmobile (1) A Ford on snowshoes and how it overcomes winter's obstacles. (XXX) (See also Groups 51, 68, 107) GROUP 130 Roads and Road Building Building Bituminous Roads (1) How Uncle Sam constructs surface-treated and penetration macadam pavements, (144) Building Forest Roads (1) Men and machinery at work in the National Forests. (144) Crossing the Great Salt Desert (1) Difficulties met and overcome by engineers in building the Mendover road, short cut across the Great Salt Desert in Utah. (144) Around the West by Forest Roads (1) Selfexplanatory*. (144) Improving Improved Roads (1) Highlights in construction of concrete shoulders to revitalize old macadam roads. (XXIXI) Mixed Asphalt Pavements (1) Modern methods of building high type motor roads. (XXX, 144) * Modern Concrete Road Construction (1) Engineering skill involved in transformation of old dirt road of vesterday into modern efficient highway. (1S4, 144) Protecting the Nation's Highways (1) How asphalt surfaces thwart destruction by heavily loaded vehicles. (XXX) Road Building in the United States (2) Methods of building important types of highways as seen by Pan American Highway Commission on tour of country in June, 1924. (144) The Road Goes Through (1) How the western road builder overcomes barriers to transportation, and builds modern roads of our National Forest and Federal Aid highway systems. (144) Roads — From Surf to Summit (1) Scenic wonders of National Forests of Pacific Coast states, now revealed to motorist by means of modern highways constructed under direction of Bureau of Public Roads. (144) The Road to Happiness (3) Promoting good roads throughout the rural districts. (58) Scenes along the Nation's Highway (1) Good roads throughout U. S. (28) Tests for Better Roads (1) Conducted by Bureau of Better Roads to determine durability of materinl. (144) * What About Macadam (1) Approved methods of building macadam highways. (144) (See also Groups 32, 35, 46, 51, 55, 76) GROUP 131 Railroads An Electrified Travelogue (2) Shows how people formerly travelled; then electrification of railroads, how engines are built, etc; ride on electric locomotive through mountain scenery. (XXIX)